Fertilizer plant developer assures public of safety precautions

5:34 PM,
Apr. 19, 2013

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The owner of a proposed fertilizer plant in southwest Indiana attempted to allay fears today in the wake of an explosion this week in Texas that killed at least 12 people.

"In light of this tragedy, OVR wishes to reassure Spencer County residents that the $1 billion nitrogen fertilizer plant we plan to construct north of Rockport will be designed and operated with everyone's safety in the forefront," Doug Wilson, the owner of Ohio Valley Resources LLC, said today in a statement.

Wilson said the new plant, the first of its kind produced by a U.S.-based firm in the past 25 years, will be a ...